Below are the world's top universities according to the Times Higher - QS World University Rankings 2008. Click the institutions below to read their profile, or navigate on the right for further tables
Top 100 universities 101-200 201-300 301-400 401-500 500+
| 2009 rank |
School Name |
Country |
Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds (www.topuniversities.com)
Copyright © 2004-2009 QS Intelligence Unit.
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| 101 |
University of OSLO |
Norway |
| 102 |
Hebrew University of JERUSALEM |
Israel |
| 103= |
DURHAM University |
United Kingdom |
| 103= |
FUDAN University |
China |
| 105 |
University of MINNESOTA |
United States |
| 106 |
University of CALIFORNIA, Santa Barbara |
United States |
| 107 |
Université De Montréal |
Canada |
| 108= |
ERASMUS University Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
| 108= |
University of BASEL |
Switzerland |
| 108= |
University of CALIFORNIA, Davis |
United States |
| 108= |
University of HELSINKI |
Finland |
| 112 |
University of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
United States |
| 113 |
University of WATERLOO |
Canada |
| 114= |
TEL AVIV University |
Israel |
| 114= |
University of PITTSBURGH |
United States |
| 116 |
MAASTRICHT University |
Netherlands |
| 117 |
University Pierre and Marie Curie - PARI... |
France |
| 118 |
QUEEN'S University |
Canada |
| 119 |
CASE WESTERN RESERVE University |
United States |
| 120= |
EINDHOVEN University of Technology |
Netherlands |
| 120= |
PENNSYLVANIA STATE University |
United States |
| 122= |
University of Fribourg |
Germany |
| 122= |
University of MARYLAND, College Park |
United States |
| 124 |
City University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
| 125 |
University of OTAGO |
New Zealand |
| 126= |
Catholic University of LOUVAIN (UCL) |
Belgium |
| 126= |
Ecole Normale Superieure de LYON |
France |
| 128 |
University of VIRGINIA |
United States |
| 129= |
GEORGETOWN University |
United States |
| 129= |
OHIO STATE University |
United States |
| 129= |
University of ABERDEEN |
United Kingdom |
| 132= |
TECHNION - Israel Institute of Technolog... |
Israel |
| 132= |
University of VIENNA |
Austria |
| 134 |
POHANG University of Science And Technol... |
Korea, South |
| 135 |
CARDIFF University |
United Kingdom |
| 136 |
University of GHENT |
Belgium |
| 137 |
University of LIVERPOOL |
United Kingdom |
| 138= |
CHULALONGKORN University |
Thailand |
| 138= |
University of GRONINGEN |
Netherlands |
| 140 |
VANDERBILT University |
United States |
| 141 |
University of ROCHESTER |
United States |
| 142 |
KEIO University |
Japan |
| 143 |
Mcmaster University |
Canada |
| 144= |
University of BATH |
United Kingdom |
| 144= |
University of BERGEN |
Norway |
| 146= |
HUMBOLDT University of Berlin |
Germany |
| 146= |
University of CAPE TOWN |
South Africa |
| 148 |
WASEDA University |
Japan |
| 149= |
Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen |
Germany |
| 149= |
University of CALGARY |
Canada |
| 151= |
The University of WESTERN ONTARIO |
Canada |
| 151= |
YONSEI University |
Korea, South |
| 153 |
SHANGHAI JIAO TONG University |
China |
| 154 |
University of Science And Technology of ... |
China |
| 155= |
KYUSHU University |
Japan |
| 155= |
LOMONOSOV MOSCOW State University |
Russia |
| 155= |
WAGENINGEN University |
Netherlands |
| 158 |
NEWCASTLE University |
United Kingdom |
| 159 |
Technical University of DENMARK |
Denmark |
| 160 |
TUFTS University |
United States |
| 161 |
University of CALIFORNIA, Irvine |
United States |
| 162 |
LANCASTER University |
United Kingdom |
| 163 |
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (I... |
India |
| 164 |
QUEEN MARY, University of London |
United Kingdom |
| 165 |
VU University AMSTERDAM |
Netherlands |
| 166= |
University of ARIZONA |
United States |
| 166= |
University of SUSSEX |
United Kingdom |
| 168= |
NANJING University |
China |
| 168= |
Saint-petersburg State University |
Russia |
| 168= |
University of LAUSANNE |
Switzerland |
| 171= |
HOKKAIDO University |
Japan |
| 171= |
University of BARCELONA |
Spain |
| 173 |
STONY BROOK University, State University... |
United States |
| 174= |
Kth, ROYAL INSTITUTE of Technology |
Sweden |
| 174= |
University of BOLOGNA |
Italy |
| 174= |
University of TSUKUBA |
Japan |
| 177= |
University of ANTWERP |
Belgium |
| 177= |
University of ATHENS |
Greece |
| 179 |
TEXAS A&m University |
United States |
| 180 |
University of MALAYA (UM) |
Malaysia |
| 181 |
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (II... |
India |
| 182 |
RWTH AACHEN University |
Germany |
| 183 |
RUTGERS, The State University of New Jer... |
United States |
| 184 |
University of KARLSRUHE |
Germany |
| 185 |
University of GOTHENBURG |
Sweden |
| 186= |
University of Colorado At BOULDER |
United States |
| 186= |
University of Göttingen |
Germany |
| 188 |
University of CANTERBURY |
New Zealand |
| 189 |
MACQUARIE University |
Australia |
| 190 |
National Autonomous University of Mexico... |
Mexico |
| 191= |
Free University of Brussels |
Belgium |
| 191= |
University of READING |
United Kingdom |
| 193= |
INDIANA University Bloomington |
United States |
| 193= |
University of BERN |
Switzerland |
| 195 |
The HONG KONG Polytechnic University |
Hong Kong |
| 196= |
SIMON FRASER University |
Canada |
| 196= |
University of LEICESTER |
United Kingdom |
| 198 |
CHALMERS University of Technology |
Sweden |
| 199 |
University of NOTRE DAME |
United States |
| 200 |
University of TWENTE |
Netherlands |
